Hoarseness subsequent to cardiovascular surgery, intervention, maneuver and endotracheal intubation: The so-called iatrogenic Ortner’s (cardiovocal) syndrome
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Hoarseness subsequent to cardiovascular surgery, intervention, maneuver and endotracheal intubation: the so-called iatrogenic Ortner's (cardiovocal) syndrome.
BACKGROUND The clinical characteristics and outcomes of hoarseness subsequent to cardiovascular surgery, intervention, maneuver and endotracheal intubation have not been systematically elucidated. METHODS The literature of hoarseness following cardiovascular surgery, intervention, and maneuver and intubation published between 1980 and 2011 was comprehensively retrieved in the MEDLINE database...
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عنوان ژورنال: Cardiology Journal
سال: 2012
ISSN: 1898-018X,1897-5593
DOI: 10.5603/cj.2012.0106